I recently bought a 97 Jeep Wrangler with 97,000 miles on it from an older lady who took very good care of it, had a folder full of maintenance records and the Jeep's engine, body and interior were all in excellent condition ( worn top only bad thing).
I want to lift it so i can fit 31" 11.50 tires on it and have more room for off-roading. I want to do it myself and save money (except tire mounting).
I took it to a 4x4 lift shop that was recommended to me from several people and the owner was very knowledgeable and broke everything down for me on what we could do and what would neeed to be done with certain lifts.
The total cost for a 4" superlift 31" 12.50 BFG tires 15x10 M/T rims and a cold air intake and new steering stabilizer was a little over $4,000. He suggested that I not go with 33" tires because of the re- gearing that would have to be done, that cost more and with it only being a 4 cyl to much power loss. Also said for off-roading 31" are perfect so no rub during major articulation occurs. He has a massive Excursion with a 10" lift and only has 33"s on his, and has 2 Wranglers lifted that all run 31"s, so I trust him.
I was thinkng of not putting to much money into it because of the amount of miles on it. I was thinking a 2" spacer lift, new steer stabilizer. What are good kits for this I've searched Quadratec and most seem to be the same, but I was wondering when I saw a Procomp 2' lift for $299 that replaces the coil springs and shocks as opposed to adding spacers on the coil springs.
Has anyone done this lift before? I have seen alot of post on the spacer lift, not the Procomp lift. And is a coil suppression needed when taking them off?
Thanks for any help.